Banned in Pakistan

The storyline of Raees revolves around the character of Raees Alam,

a Muslim mafia don who builds an alcohol empire

in the western Indian state of Gujarat,

where the consumption and sale of liquor is prohibited..

Shia Muslims in India had objected to action sequences involving an annual

religious procession

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) official said one reason

was that the crime thriller "depicts Muslims as criminals and terrorists"

Some of the scenes were also "offensive to a particular sect"